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Hegar ,
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This is a story of one bootlicking employee who was in desperate need of fucking off and minding his own business:

However, just as the movie started, an employee told them to put their snack bags away, the report said. They agreed but the employee apparently insisted on sitting next to them to monitor the snack situation.

A few minutes later, one of the children popped a Skittle he was already holding into his mouth, and quite frankly, all hell broke loose, the women said. The employee started shouting at them, and said that the police would be called unless they left. This is when the children started crying.

“My niece asked nicely: ‘If you’re calling the police, are they going to kill my mum?’” one of the women told the newspaper. “And he laughed at that stage. He looks directly in her face and he said: ‘Yeah, maybe we’ll find out.’

FlashMobOfOne ,
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

Jesus, what a horrifying experience.

alquicksilver ,
@alquicksilver@lemmy.world avatar

Is he secretly an American? Because that sounds far more like something I’d hear here. Atrocious.

optissima ,

Yeah I thought it was US based on context too. I should’ve been suspicious when the employee didn’t open fire on the family…

Feathercrown ,

Average perception of police

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

If you work at a cinema (condolences), and you see someone smuggling snacks in, no you didn’t.

NocturnalMorning ,

See what now?

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Exactly

illi ,

A long time ago, as teens, we used to go to the movies quite often. Ofc we didn’t buy the local overpriced popcorn but brought our own snacks, smuggling them, all sneaky like. One day the guy who was admitting us in was like “you should just be honest guys - no need to hide them”. Of course this was not forever but for a couple of months we could bring inanything because we were not tied by the snacks being hideable.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Upon such bricks a world worth living in can be built.

Lifebandit666 , (edited )

We just take a tote bag full. If anyone says anything they have just lost our custom. Can’t stop people smuggling snacks when nobody goes

Lost_My_Mind ,

I mean…theaters ONLY make money on the consession stand. They basically break even on ticket sales, because of having to pay the movie studios. So if they make you bring the snacks back to your car BEFORE you go in, I get it.

But once you do go in? Once you’re in the theater? No. If I were someone NOT with those people, I’d be angered that I followed your rules, I paid my admission, I bought from your concession stand, and now MY movie theater experience is being ruined over some fucking skittles???

I’d me more angry at the employee than the kids/mom. It would cause me to find a new movie theater.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Here’s the deal. If theatres can’t survive if I don’t like their bad expensive snacks, Hollywood will have to figure something else out. Maybe they’ll have to hire the same twenty faces less often, or take a more reasonable cut, who knows. Not my problem.

Lost_My_Mind ,

No, all that happens is the movie theaters close. Back in the 90s, in my area we had what we call quarter cinemas. These were theaters that showed movies that weren’t in theaters anymore. So, older movies. Instead of $6.00 per ticket, it was $0.25, and kids under 12 were free with a paying adult.

So you could get one adult to bring 6-7 kids in, for $0.25. Problem is, nobody bought the snacks.

So now, we went from having 8-9 mega plex’s, 3 mall cinemas, and 4 quarter cinemas, to now having 2 mega plex’s, and thats it. Hollywood doesn’t care WHERE you buy your ticket. It doesn’t affect hollywood. It only affects movie goers.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

When I lived near a cinema like that, I was happy to buy its snacks and even the occasional beer. The snacks were good, and only slightly marked up. They had great taste in film, and tickets were cheap.

It was a good business model, and I supported it. Nowadays it seems they’ve moved on to higher ticket prices and more “hot” movies. I wish them luck, but I would not likely continue to support them if I was still in their area.

It’s a bad business model. The way it’s supposed to work is that bad business models die. If that’s not how it works anymore, all I can say is that projectors are affordable and you can make really good popcorn with ghee and powdered salt. A little turmeric gives it that yellow color. Enjoy.

Blue_Morpho ,

People not going to the movies because there is no convenient theatre does affect Hollywood.

But action and reaction have a long delay. Don’t give up your rights just because a Hollywood exec won’t make his bonus this year. You need to cause economic pain for the problem to be fixed.

Transporter_Room_3 ,
@Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website avatar

Will no one please think of the poor shareholders???

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Hollywood can do what they did during the pandemic and release everything straight to streaming. Movie theaters are not necessary any more. As a bonus, pirates get to see the best quality versions on the day of release.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

I’d love to see more outdoor cinema nights instead. I grew up in an area that did those and it was amazing. I’d even step up to run it, if there was a venue.

Agrivar ,

This is why I’m relieved that so many theatres have realized getting a liquor license is the way to go. The profit margins on canned booze sold to captive audience are insane, and then I don’t even feel slight guilt about the burgers and fries I smuggled in to munch on! They definitely make enough off the 2-3 beers I’m buying to offset the popcorn I was not going to buy regardless.

lobut ,

… is it smelly food or something? if not, who cares. There’s fewer and fewer people watching movies now anyways why chase them away man … it’s so dumb.

Timii ,

Bring your own snacks? Believe it or not jail.

We have the best Theatres because of jail

jasep ,

I hope this cinema (or the chain it belongs to) goes out of business. What a hostile way to treat your customers.

Stern ,
@Stern@lemmy.world avatar

They agreed but the employee apparently insisted on sitting next to them to monitor the snack situation.

Instead of… telling them to take the snacks back out to the car? There’s no situation where that isn’t weird to me. Were there no other theaters to be cleaned, patrons to be helped, tickets to be sold, anything else, they just have this extra guy with literally nothing else to do but watch this family not eat the food they brought in?

MotoAsh ,

He had power to flex, and by GOD was he going to flex it!

SpruceBringsteen ,

Handled properly? No.

But your local theater doesn’t make money on ticket sales, the studios do. If you like your local theater, support them. Buy a drink.

SteveFromMySpace ,

Give me a fucking break. They brought some snacks for their kids and the theater called the cops. Just saying “it wasn’t handled properly” is an absurd understatement. That was irresponsible and shitty. Did you even read the article? Look how the staff acted. That was a deranged thing to say to a kid. They literally laughed and said the cops might kill their mom. All because after putting the food away a little kid finished a single skittle in his hand.

They didn’t see adults lighting up a crack pipe. It was snacks for kids at a kids movie. This wasn’t just an overreaction/handled poorly, it was a sociopathic reaction.

“But this is how they make money” isn’t remotely enough to excuse this behavior. That only explains why you can’t bring snacks. Not the wild shit I just read.

SpruceBringsteen ,

Maybe I should have been clearer so you didn’t have to write a story.

Fuck this cinema in particular.

Support your local cinema.

SteveFromMySpace ,

Sorry I shouldn’t have flown off the handle. I’m just so shocked at their behavior and taking it on you

SpruceBringsteen ,

No, it’s too late now, we’re fighting. Draw your steel.

Guntrigger ,

Now this is getting good. I’ll just take out my popcorn I brought from home.

Cadeillac ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve got a camel pack (is that still a thing?) full of Baja Blast. Wanna share?

MellowSnow ,

I’m calling the police (unless you share with me too).

SexualPolytope ,
@SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

You’ve done it now. You get 3 months of electric chair.

SteveFromMySpace ,

sigh Fiiiiiiiine

cybervseas ,

Random movie theater employee doesn’t even make more money because of snacks, only the owner does. This guy cares about something that won’t affect him materially. It’s just a power trip.

ogeist ,

The price and margin for the movie theater of the tickets is decided by the movie studios. I agree that everyone that can buy a drink to support the movie theater should do so but if you are bringing your stuff it should not be punished like this.

SteveFromMySpace ,

The dude literally told a kid the cops might kill his mom. Deranged behavior.

SzethFriendOfNimi ,

Yeah. That sounds like the theater hired a psycho.

If they knew then I say this is on them. Otherwise sounds like they just happen to have an employee who thought “This makes me feel like I have the slightest bit of power over somebody and I’m going to use it”

People like that are just scary but sadly they’re not as rare as I’d like.

Feathercrown ,

I’m amazed there’s no system to keep track of these behaviors. They’re highly indicative of future problems.

linearchaos ,
@linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe we could all stop the BS and charge what it takes to run a theater then charge what the food really costs? $1 bag of popcorn, $1 soda, candy near cost.

If a ticket needs to be $25 make it $25

rand_alpha19 ,

If you charge at cost then you don't make a profit, you only generate revenue that isn't sufficient to cover expenses. I'd be fine if a regular popcorn and drink was $10, it's when it's $15+ that you've lost me.

biggerbogboy ,

Ah yes, buy the food and drink that costs more than the ticket itself… My local cinema is thriving currently, they even have super cheap tickets and don’t give a damn if you bring snacks with you. There was never one time where they removed features of the cinema or made it more expensive, so I am theorising that no, you don’t need to buy the extras to keep the cinema afloat.

sunzu ,

Is this UK or us lol

elgordino ,

New Zealand.

sunzu ,

wow... i guess US culture really is going global lol

SharkEatingBreakfast ,
@SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz avatar

Believe it or not, being a cunt is not limited to the US.

esc27 ,

I was planning to see a movie this weekend, but this story just reminded me how greedy and anti-customer that whole industry is.

BigBananaDealer ,
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its not nearly as good as any of the other despicible me movies. felt like they had no idea how to tie everything together plus the kids are barely in the movie and dont do anything

MajorHavoc ,

It’s weird that things could go so wrongly under the careful supervision of an underpaid child worker. (/Sarcasm)

UselesslyBrisk ,

It is standard policy in New Zealand for cinemas to ban food brought in from outside and the Herald reported that Cinema 3 has five signs posted around the premises stating this.

“The exact wording is: ‘No outside food or drinks allowed’,” the cinema’s operations manager, Robert Greig, said, the paper reported.

Thus, once again, one of the oldest arguments in the world has been pushed back into the limelight: should you be allowed to take your own snacks into the cinema?

private businesses can do what they want. But the prices they charge for food is outrageous. So i just dont go to those places. For the cost of a few movies and snacks now, you could buy your own large screen TV and surround system that will annoy your neighbors if thats what you need.

_edge ,

Most UK cinemas are perfectly happy when audiences bring in their own snacks.

And they still make money. From selling snacks.

Because people are lazy and want a good time.

I wouldn’t say that a buy drinks or nachos to support “my” local cinema – it’s still a chain --, but if I feel like it I’m buying from the venue. Many people do. There are always queues for popcorn.

PrincessLeiasCat ,

I’m so happy this guy doesn’t live in the US & have more destructive opportunities in life.

Nuke_the_whales ,

The theater near me is attached by teenagers who couldn’t care less. I always stop at the dollar store or even grab a burger and put it in my backpack. I haven’t been asked about them contents of my bag in like 10 years

Snapz ,

Attack your few remaining customers… Bold strategy.

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